African Indigenous Ethics in Global Bioethics

African Indigenous Ethics in Global Bioethics

Interpreting Ubuntu

Chuwa, Leonard

Springer

09/2016

258

Mole

Inglês

9789402401264

15 a 20 dias

This work interprets the culture of Ubuntu to explain the contribution of a representative indigenous African ethics to global bioethics. It challenges the contemporary schools of thought within philosophical and religious ethics.
ABSTRACT ii.- DEDICATION iii.- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.- iv.- TABLE OF CONTENTS i.- Chapter One Introduction: The Culture of Ubuntu.- 1. Emergence of Global bioethics.- 2. Exploration of Ubuntu.- 3. Relevance of Ubuntu Worldview.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Chapter Two Ubuntu Ethics.- 1. Tension between Individual and Universal Rights.- 2. Cosmic and Global Context.- 3. The Role of Solidarity.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Chapter Three Ethics of Care: Enlightening the Role of Rights in Global Bioethics.- 1. Individual Rights.- 2. Human Relationships.- 3. Reciprocity of Care.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Chapter Four UNESCO Declaration: Enlightening the Cosmic Context of Global Bioethics.- 1. UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights from Ubuntu Perspective.- 2. Justice.- 3. Diversity.- 4. Biosphere.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Chapter Five Catholic Social Ethics: Enlightening the Role of Solidarity in Global Bioethics..- 1. Common Good.- 2. Social Cohesion.- 3. Minority Empowerment.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Conclusion.- Bibliography
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